Charley Hull Getting Fed All the Way Up by Her 3-Some's Slow Play Speaks for Each and Every One of Us

Jerry Thornton5/30/2025 4:45 PM

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If you're not aware Charley Hull is somewhat of a legend around here. A talented, tough, chain-smoking, blue collar type every golfer can relate to. Basically the attractive female version of John Daly, minus the superhuman alcohol tolerance. And, we can safely assume, Daly's unique ability to steer a golf cart with his dick:

So yes, there's a lot to admire about Hull. She's as relatable as any golfer in the business right now:

Especially when it comes to the slow play of those around her:

That intolerance of other golfers' inability to keep the fucking round moving hit a boiling point this week at the US Open. Despite the obvious All Star status of her group. Which was Three-of-a-Kind that would beat any Full House:

But slow play is slow play, no matter who you are. So Nelly Korda and Lexi Thompson got on Charley's last nerve and she was having none of it.

Daily Mail - Golf star Charley Hull appeared to lose patience with Lexi Thompson during an awkward opening round of the US Women's Open.
On Thursday, Hull and Thompson were paired alongside world No 1 Nelly Korda at Erin Hills in Wisconsin, where the winner will take home $2.4million.
But none is inside the top 30 after a tense opening round when Hull seemed to grow frustrated at Thompson's pace of play. …
And Hull appeared to take issue with the American as early as the opening hole on Thursday.
A clip, which was posted to social media, showed Hull waiting as Thompson stood over a putt. As the American went through her meticulous pre-shot routine, Hull could be seen letting out a huge sigh. …

Later, Hull began making her way down 18 before Korda and Thompson had finished hitting their tee shots. They eventually ended their round in a little under five and a half hours.

These are the moments when you can actually empathize with the metahumans who play on the pro tours. Not when they're crafting massive drives that land in the middle of the fairway. Not when they're dropping high fades tight to impossible hole locations. Not when they're draining birdies on greens so fast it's like putting on the hood of a car. It's this.

Charley Hull is all of us, just way more gifted. Everyone who's ever stood at the tee waiting for their partner stand over their ball for an eternity while 10 different tips they watched on Golf Channel are replaying in their feeble brain. Who tried to stay calm while Slowy McSlow re-gripped for the 10th time and waggled for the 20th. Who felt every last particle of patience leave their soul while Captain Deliberate plumb bobs the putt he needs for an 8.

I'm not a great golfer by anyone's definition. There's no rule requiring any of us to be. But there are plenty of rules requiring you to keep the pace of play at somewhere above the speed of an advancing glacier. At the Women's US Open, that means keep it moving. At your local muni, that means if you're lying 7 in the fairway, widen your stance, bend your knees, keep your right arm straight, lower your shoulder until your hand reaches the ball, put in your pocket and move to the next tee. We'll meet you there.

So thank you, Charley Hull for all you do. Godspeed this weekend in Wisconsin.